Opinion

Comparing Bush to past presidents exposes shortcomings

by Karl Noyes
Published January 30, 2003

All the bullish talk by President George W. Bush conjures images of the United States's strong-arm presidents - Reagan, Jackson - and most interestingly, Teddy Roosevelt. Consider the similarities: Both...

Sweatshops provoke more than a moral outcry

Published January 29, 2003

ABy Diana Fu re sweatshops the symbol of Uncle Sam's exploitative fingers under the disguise of globalization? Or are they the saviors of the downtrodden around the world? Ever since the U.S. economy globalized,...

Reality TV exploits human suffering

by Matthew Brophy
Published January 29, 2003

There was a mentally challenged kid in my high school the "normal" kids always made fun of. Kids would ask him to dance, and he would - thinking the laughter was with him rather than at him. During lunch,...

University tries to serve students

Published January 29, 2003

Although I sympathize with Steve Snyder's dismay in his Jan. 24 opinion column "University consistently fails to serve students" at having to wait for the One Stop Student Services Help Line - no one likes...

Affirmative action is necessary

Published January 29, 2003

This letter is in response to Austen Morris' stupefying argument against affirmative action in the Jan. 27 opinion column "Abandon academic affirmative action." Incredibly, Morris equates affirmative action...

Don’t forget the staff

Published January 28, 2003

I have worked in the Mayo Building for more than four years and I went to school here in the early 1970s. I'm frankly amazed that The Minnesota Daily and the people responsible for Coffman Union's renovation...

In Bush we trust?

by Scott Laderman
Published January 28, 2003

Do you trust George W. Bush? It's a simple question, really. It's also not just rhetorical. According to a report in The New York Times, the White House believes that much of its case for escalating the...

The cost of convenience

Published January 28, 2003

The opening of a branch of U.S. Bank in Coffman Union really shows how much the union has changed. As a student here from 1993-95, I banked at the University's Federal Credit Union's Coffman Union branch....

A holiday column fit for the times

by Roxanne Sadovsky
Published January 27, 2003

Happy New Year to all! Welcome to 2003! Year of the goat. Forgive this chain column, as the New Year is very busy. Speaking of which, before I begin, allow me to thank you all for the lovely e-mails this...

Coffman Union didn’t improve

Published January 27, 2003

I am writing to agree with and add to Mark Byers' Jan. 22 letter touting Coffman as a colossal disappointment, "Coffman Union is a disappointment." Today, a fellow graduate student and I went there to...